As part of the I/O conference, Google held its own “Oscar” – the award ceremony for the best Android apps Google Play Award 2016.

A feature section with applications that have not yet been officially released will appear in the Android app store. It will be called Google Play Early Access.

Apple will open an accelerator for iOS application development (App Design and Development Accelerator) in Bangalore. The goal of the initiative is to help local startups and developers.

A showcase for video game broadcasts has appeared on the Odnoklassniki social network.

Which games were the most downloaded and the most profitable for the entire existence of Google Play, – the analytical company App Annie told in its latest research.

In the first quarter of 2016, only 1% of publishers accounted for more than 90% of revenue from paid apps and IAP in the US App Store.

Notes about the content of advertising in programs and games began to appear in the Google Play mobile app store.

The search giant has decided to take up the practice of awarding the best Android applications – Google Play Awards. The first ceremony will take place on May 19 as part of Google I/O.

The Internet giant Google has also decided to “be on trend”. He launched a new collection of indie gaming applications in the official Android market.

iOS developers decided to start making money with search. Apple plans to introduce contextual advertising in the App Store.

The Google Play Developer Console has received an update. With the new option, developers will see changes in the rating of an application or game in dynamics and will be able to sort reviews by keywords.

Starting next week, Android users will no longer need a Google+ social network account to play on their mobile device.

Games again turned out to be the most downloaded and most profitable “apple” applications. The analytical company Sensor Tower came to this conclusion after studying the company’s quarterly report.

During this week, the price tags in the Russian App Store will grow.

The “Promotions” tab has appeared in the Google Play developer console. Android developers will now be able to provide users with free access to applications or IAP using promo codes.

Google Play sums up the results of the year. A selection of the best games of 2015 appeared in the store.

BlueStacks has released a new version of the platform of the same name for launching Android applications via Windows and Mac OS X.

Apple will celebrate the Christmas holidays by closing its main services for a week, from December 22 to December 29 inclusive. This became known from a blog post for developers.

Search and mobile giant Google has demanded Android developers to declare the presence of advertising in their own projects.